Denver's Avalara MyLodgeTax Unveils Hospitality Industry Team-Up

Vacation rental tax collection and remittance is increasingly becoming news—both nationally and locally in cities and states across the US as Airbnb, Vrbo and other popular vacation rental platforms continue to grow. With this growth in popularity and increased focus on regulation, the homeowners, property managers and businesses operating short-term rentals need help maintaining compliance with the local agencies to whom taxes are owed for their rentals in their area. Vrbo recently turned on vacation rental tax collection and remittance in Colorado with help from local Denver-area software technology provider Avalara MyLodgeTax. And that's not all this local lodging tax software provider is doing to help ease the challenges associated with local short-term rental taxes.

Avalara MyLodgeTax is the leading provider of tax collection and remittance software for homeowners, property managers as well as major national, regional and niche short-term rental platforms and today has partnered with the Association of Independent Hospitality Professionals (AIHP), a member-driven, non-profit organization focused on solving the challenges of being an independent lodging property owner and professional host in a changing travel landscape.

The new partnership will provide AIHP members with the tax information, technology tools, and resources they need to better understand and comply with lodging tax requirements across the United States. Avalara MyLodgeTax is a solution that collects, manages, and remits lodging and occupancy tax, and manages licenses on behalf of customers.

Avalara MyLodgeTax automates and streamlines a vast and complicated set of occupancy tax filing requirements involving hundreds of tax agencies across the U.S. Anyone involved in the lodging industry, including homeowners, property managers, corporate housing providers, hotels and motels, and online travel agencies can count on Avalara MyLodgeTax to manage this complexity on their behalf.

“Lodging tax compliance is increasingly an operational burden that takes property owners and managers’ focus off driving more bookings,” says Rob Stephens, general manager of Avalara MyLodgeTax. “Managing the correct taxes, filing reports, remitting taxes, and navigating the various state and local licensing requirements can be an onerous task. We’re excited to partner with AIHP and provide their members with tax technology solutions to simplify their complex tax and licensing requirements, and reduce compliance costs.”

To learn more about Avalara MyLodgeTax and the company’s industry-leading lodging tax compliance software, visit https://www.avalara.com/mylodgetax/en/index.html.